And the CASSIES Grand Prix goes to…

Molson and Rethink stole the show with the Beer Fridge campaign, while Leo Burnett and Ogilvy took home the most Golds.

What happens when you produce a piece of advertising that sparks the imagination of Canadians, puts the country on the map with millions of global views and stops declining sales, delivering positive results in just a few short months? You win a CASSIES Grand Prix, that’s what.

Molson and Rethink walked away with the coveted prize at the awards gala, held at Toronto’s Hilton hotel on Thursday night, for the “Beer Fridge” campaign, in which the beer brand travelled the world with a locked red fridge that used Canadian passports and the country’s national anthem as keys. The campaign also fetched a Gold prize in the Packaged Goods category, and it picked up the Creative Effectiveness Award, presented by the Globe and Mail.

Ogilvy and Leo Burnett both stuck Gold three times. The former shop and client American Express picked up two Gold prizes for its “Cloud 10″ campaign, while the agency snagged its third Gold for work on Hellman’s “Real Food Movement.” Leo and P&G’s Mr. Clean took home two Golds for the “Legendary” program, while the agency went home with a third Gold for Ikea’s “House Rules” campaign. (Ogilvy also won a Silver and Leo came away with two Silvers and a Bronze, see the list below.)

Taxi took home six trophies total, including two Golds, one for its “Ice Truck” campaign, created for Canadian Tire, while the second Gold went to the shop for its work on the Boston Pizza “Here to make you happy” campaign. Following suit, Publicis also took home a pair of Golds for Ubisoft’s “Watch Dogs Live” program.

And the final two Gold prizes went to Mosaic/Studio M for its WestJet “Christmas Miracle” campaign, as well as Grey for the “Skip Starbucks Saturday” program, created for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Grey walked away with three trophies total.

In all, there were 60 awards handed out, including the Grand Prix, with 13 Golds, 20 Silvers and 26 Bronzes.

Also handed out at the show was the ICA’s inaugural awards for Client of the Year. The Bronze was given to Telus, the Silver to Chrysler and General Mills picked up the Gold.

Canada Post presented the first ever Smart Marketing Award to Taxi for the agency’s work on Boston Pizza.

And agency Black revealed the winner of the Billy Bishop Creative Competition, which gave $250,000 in free media to a deserving charity. The winner was MacLaren McCann for Camp Oochigeas.